Beyond The Family Business
Episodes
Lee Bragg: Inside the Bragg Group’s Investment Strategy
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lee Bragg, Vice Chair of Eastlink and member of the Bragg Business Family, shares how a Nova Scotian family business grew from its ...
Ben Hertzman: Navigating Tariffs & ReShoring Supply Chain in a Family Manufacturing Business
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Hertzman is the 2nd Gen President of Progress Luv2Pak and Gather Packaging. They specialise in premium retail packaging for customers across Nor...
Pierre Somers: Building A Family Owned Investment Firm (Walter Group)
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pierre Somers is the founder of Montreal-based Walter Group and the third generation of his entrepreneurial family. Their story begins in Germany in t...
Creating a Family Legacy that Lasts Generations (Derrick Hunter)
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Derrick Hunter is the 2nd-generation CEO of Calgary-based Bluesky Equities. In this episode, we discuss how Derrick pivoted his family business from a...
KC Daya: Building a Vertically Integrated $1B Real Estate Firm
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
KC Daya is the CEO and founder of Clifton Blake, a vertically integrated builder, lender, and operator of Multi-Family assets. We discuss the impact o...
Jeffrey McCain: The Next Generation of the McCain Foods Family
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey McCain is the 3rd generation of the McCain family and the President of Woodword Capital. In this episode, we discuss working outside the busin...
Ian Wilson: Selling the Family Business & Charting A New Direction
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Wilson is the 8th-generation President and co-owner of Wilsons. They are an Atlantic Canadian family with investments in the fuel industry, home...
Adrian Rocca: Building Canada’s Largest Purpose Built Rental Business
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Rocca is the CEO and founder of Fitzrovia. In this interview, he shares how being fired from Tricon set him on a path to build Canada’s large...
Andrew Oland: 6 Generations of Moosehead Brewery
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Oland is the CEO and co-owner of Moosehead Brewery. He shares the incredible 6-generation family story of how the Oland family built a beer emp...
Nahas Brothers Build Franchise QSR Business
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony and Peter Nahas are the co-owners of Mezza Lebanese Kitchen. Their parents started the business shortly after immigrating from Lebanon. The broth...
AI-Powered Cyber Attacks Threaten Family Business
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is dramatically changing the threat landscape for cybercrime. Generative AI is making hackers more efficient and giving them...
Matthew Cassidy: Consolidating the Bus Industry with Dad & Brothers
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Cassidy is the President of Coach Atlantic, Maritime Bus and Ambassatours. Over the last 20 years, Matthew and his family have consolidated th...
Tony Falbo: Founder of Mircom Passes the Torch to His Three Boys
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Falbo, an 81-year-old Italian immigrant, chronicles his entrepreneurial journey of building Mircom Technologies and successfully transitioning th...
Aakash Shah: Next Gen CEO 20x Sales of Family Biz
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aakash Shah is the former CEO and owner of Vivify Specialty Ingredients. He shares how his father convinced him to join the struggling family business...
Tammy Buss: Family Business Advisor, CEO & Grandmother
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tammy Buss is a family business advisor and family business owner. Over her 30 year career, she has helped family businesses with estate planning, fin...
Daniel Foch: Opportunities & Risks of Canadian Real Estate in 2025
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Foch is the co-host of the Canadian Real Estate Investor podcast and Chief Real Estate Officer for Valery Real Estate. Daniel shares his view o...
Ron Diamond: Why Most Family Offices Shouldn’t Exist
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Diamond is the founder of Diamond Wealth, a syndicate of 100 family offices. He shares his perspective of why many family offices should not exist...
Glen Creaser: Tech Entrepreneur Disrupts Seafood Business
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Glen Creaser is a serial entrepreneur who sold his first tech company 2 years out of university. His new venture, Larry’s Catch, mixes his experienc...
Empire of Chocolate: The Ferrero Family Story with Luca Cottini
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ferrero created some of the world's most beloved brands, including Nutella, Kinder Eggs, and Tic Tacs. In this episode, we explore how 2nd gen leader ...
Mary Asante-Asamoah: Ghana's 2nd Gen Mining & Agriculture Leader
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Asante-Asamoah is the 2nd generation leader of Barbex Africa. They are a Ghana owned mining services and agriculture business. Mary shares the en...
Brian Adams: What is a Family Office? How do you select a Family Office leader?
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Adams is a Family Office executive recruiter and podcast host. He explains what is a family office and how each one is slightly different. Bri...
Luke Leon: Canada's $3 Billion Furniture Family Business
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Leon is the 4th generation of the Leon’s Furniture family. He shares their 115-year history and how each generation contributes to the next. ...
Why Succession Fails - And How To Fix It
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luke shares his perspective and experience on why the next generation struggles to find purpose in the family business. His theory is that the next-ge...
Anthony Broccolini: Next Gen CEO of Montreal’s Real Estate Empire
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Broccolini, CEO of Broccolini, shares how his family's real estate and construction business has successfully transitioned through three gener...
Jim Spatz: Escaping The Holocaust, Med School & Real Estate Development
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Spatz, Owner of SouthWest Properties, shares the story of how his parents narrowly escaped the holocaust in Poland. He delves into his father’s ...
Scott McCain: McCain Foods Chairman & Family Office Leader
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scott McCain is the 2nd generation of the legendary McCain Foods family. He grew up working in the family business and now holds the role of Chairman....
Assessing Land Banking Opportunities with Chandler Haliburton
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 of our interview, Chandler discusses how he evaluates land banking opportunities that have multi-residential development potential. He discu...
Assessing Multi-Res Real Estate Properties with Chandler Halliburton
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the best tips for assessing a potential residential real estate investment. Our guest, Chandler Haliburton, is an expert...
Andrew Donaldson: 6th Gen CEO of 160 Year Old Timber Business
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Donaldson is the CEO of Donaldson Group. They are one of the UK’s oldest and largest timber companies. Andrew shares the 160 year legacy of t...
5 Ways to Prepare for Selling Your Business
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke draws on his experience in the private equity space to share 5 ways to prepare your business for sale. These areas of focus will help improve the...
Private Equity vs Public Equity Investing
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is perfect for listeners wanting to learn the differences between private equity and public equity investing. Luke covers a brief history...
Martin Roll: Lessons from 650 Family Business Interviews
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Roll is an experienced global business strategist, senior advisor and facilitator to Fortune 500 companies, Asian firms, family-owned businesse...
Rebecca Kacaba: Democratizing Capital Raising
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Kacaba is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dealmaker, one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. She discusses her entrepreneurial journey and the ...
Michael Peters: First Nations Entrepreneurship
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Peters, CEO of Glooscap Ventures, leads the economic development arm of Glooscap First Nations. He leverages his family business background to...
Juan Lopez: Escaping Pablo to Build An Animation Empire
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Juan Lopez, Founder of Atomic Cartoons discusses their family-owned media company's global expansion, his personal journey of migration and cultural i...
Ross McNeil: Saving the Family Menswear Business
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CEO & Owner of Duggers Menswear explains the origins, defining moment and success of his business. This episode touches on father & son dynami...
How To Make The Most Of Charitable Giving
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke discusses his vetting process for not-for-profits. He discusses common risks and how to make the biggest impact with your donations.https://lnk.t...
Should you own investments directly or indirectly?
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke explains his philosophy on directly managed and indirectly managed investments. He contrasts the benefits and risks of each. These are Luke’s o...
Classified Pt 2: Lessons from a HipHop Family Business
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Juno Award Winning Rapper Classified explains the unique benefits and challenges that come from 20 years of working with family. He dives into the dyn...
Classified Pt 1: Multi-Platinum Rapper & Entrepreneur
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke “Classified” Boyd explains learning the hiphop business, how he created a defensive moat by starting out independent and how AI and social me...
How We Mitigate Conflict In Our Family Business
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The back bone of conflict mitigation for Luke has been communication and transparency between family members. Luke explains what this looks like in pr...
Connie McInnes Pt 2: Building a Brand That Customers Will Remember
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connie McInnes, CEO & Founder of R Studios, discusses how she built her fitness brand and a team that keeps customers coming back for more.https:/...
Connie McInnes Pt. 1: CEO Balances Motherhood & Entrepreneurship
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connie McInnes, CEO & Founder of R Studios, dives into her struggle with balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship. At the time of this interview,...
Rob Steele: Building an Automotive Empire
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Steele explains his journey of building one Canada’s largest auto dealer roll-ups. He dives into his new Texan expansion and some hard truths ab...
Adarsh Shah Pt. 2: Working Outside and Inside the Family Business
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adarsh explains his journey from Michael Porter’s Monitor Group to a small Kenyan business to CEO of FoamCo in Canada. He also dives into his hopes ...
Adarsh Shah Pt. 1: Lessons from 116 Year Old Indian-African Family Business
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From escaping dictators to growing a business on 5 continents, Adarsh explains the incredible story of his family business and their approach to keepi...
7 Pros & Cons of Family Owned Businesses
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke explores his view of the positives and negatives of family business including nepotism, family baggage and employee trust.Watch the video podcast...
Leslie Bishop Pt. 2: 4th Generation Expectations for Her Children
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Bishop discusses her own career path and how that informs her approach to engaging the next generation of her family.Watch the video podcast HE...
Leslie Bishop Pt. 1: Great Granddaughter of Canadian Entrepreneur, RA Jodrey
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Bishop discusses the legacy of her great grandfather RA Jodrey and how the business has evolved over the last 100 years.Watch the video podcast...
3 Lessons from the Oldest Family Business, Hoshi Ryokan
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke discusses 3 lessons he learned from researching the 1300 year old Japanese family owned business, Hoshi Ryokan.Watch the video podcast HEREContac...
Nirav Gandhi Pt. 2: Immigrant Millionaire Lives with his Parents
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nirav Gandhi discusses how he finds balance living and working with his brother, parents, sister-in-law, wife and kids.Watch the video podcast HERECon...
Nirav Gandhi Pt. 1: Immigrant Entrepreneur Builds $100M E-Comm Business
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nirav Gandhi explains his journey moving to Canada as a young boy from India and how he built a $100M e-commerce business with his brother.Watch the v...
Trailer
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas